Mel Brooks and the biggest stars in Hollywood paid loving homage to the era of silent film with 1976’s delightful meta romp Silent Movie.
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Like so many filmmakers, Burt Reynolds’ directorial career peaked early, with 1976’s badass Gator and ended poorly, with 2000’s The Last Producer.
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Burt Reynolds scored a nifty late in life comeback with 2018’s poignant The Last Movie Star.
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Burt Reynolds is the world’s greatest stuntman in 1978’s Hooper, a wildly entertaining tribute to stuntmen that’s stuntman-turned-director Hal Needham’s deeply personal masterpiece.
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Time has been both kind and unkind to 1976’s Nickelodeon, a loving tribute to silent film and Birth of a Nation.
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In hindsight, Burt Reynolds probably should have done Terms of Endearment instead of a rancid comedy that required him to wear a chicken suit for many, many scenes.
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The Burt Reynolds estate sale offers a hilarious and heartwarming look at the man and his times.
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Ever hankered to visit a place that no longer exists?
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For my column where I let readers like YOU pay me one hundred dollars to write about a movie, author Mike Sacks had me watch a hilariously awful vanity project from Burt Reynolds about a magical, amnesia-stricken hobo who helps a ragtag group of baseball players believe in themselves.
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Some thoughts on an American icon.
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